Bangpu Recreation.com สถานตากอากาศบางปู is somewhere we came to because there was an enormous lot of traffic - after we had visited ธรรมกตัญญู (เสียนหลอไต้เทียนกง) - which must be done.
The Bangpu Recreation is at the end of a long pier. This specific pier however is very long and there are a great number of seagulls flying overhead.
At one end there are also people selling food for you to feed them.
Someone also created a love heart of sticks in the water for the seagulls to sit on.
Getting to the end of the pier there was a very large restaurant - which was extremely popular - and we walked to the very end and chose not to eat there and ate elsewhere - Mae Cuisine.
Wat Sri Suphan (or the Silver Temple / วัดศรีสุพรรณ) is somewhere we stumbled upon when we visited the Saturday Night Market.
Wow - this shiny temple was a very real fascinating find at the end of the market that we were shopping in.
Following the signs I came across a small Wat which was completely made in metal, on reading more about it I discovered that it was originally made in the 1500's and then alterations were made by the local silversmiths.
There are a great many figurines, sculptures and carved stories inside
and outside the Wat. BUT it is an ordination temple so women are not allowed inside.
There is a Ganesh outside as well.
Outside there are other Wats which are also worth visiting but admittedly this is the main attraction.
Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn วัดชนะสงครามราชาวรมหาวิหาร is somewhere which I found.
The temple seemed to appear out of nowhere! Entering it I was taken away with the beauty of it - and how few people there were here.
I had found an old monastery before 1782 (the Rattanakosin Period) - the temple was originally known as Wat Klang Na - the 'temple in the paddy field'. In the reign of King Rama 1 the temple was given a new name - Wat Tong Pu. Which (after the war with Burma) was renamed to be the original - which means 'Victory of War'.
There were people outside selling a number of lottery tickets but not for me.
On entering the Wat the grounds were empty.
But inside there were people - very peaceful.
And the corridors either side were lovely.
Not quite what I expected you to find at the Khao San Road where I went in the afternoon on a weekend.
TripAdvisor: Wat Chanasongkhram
